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Forte’s PTI gets financial transaction licenses for blockchain games

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Forte said that Provenance Technologies (PTI), the money services business that Forte incubated and incorporates into its platform for game developers, has received important regulatory licenses to enable blockchain gaming transactions around the world.

PTI has received both a Money Transmitter License and BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services. This distinction puts the company in an exclusive group of financial-services providers that can offer consumers added compliance and protection for blockchain game transactions, said CEO Josh Williams in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.